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iv.n h is where the waters are gathered into a large lacustrine expan- 

 sion swelled by numberless small rivulets teeming with parr and 

 with trout, big and little ; in its middle course the stream gathers 

 strength until it affords a few fair pools where one can take grilse 

 in midsummer. But it is to the lower reach that memory turns 

 most often in other scenes than these ; for here is our battle-ground 

 with Salmo salar, here are registered our victories and defeats. 



What a lovely pool is Indian Camp ! Quite near the sloping 

 green bank old Indian warriors lie at rest beneath a score of fern- 

 clad mounds ; men who long ago fished here with their rude gear 



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and made elaborate stone weirs, traces of which are still to be seen, 

 notably in the Weir Pool. 



It is only a stone's-throw above tidal water, and when salmon 

 rise here they come savagely, with tiger-like spring, apparently 

 more strong and lusty than after they have lived in the fresh water 

 even for a little time. Then succeeds ' The Alders ', where brown 

 tassels and metallic leafage dip in a sable reach of water flecked 

 with foam bells, netting among their interlacing branches frothy 

 fabrics like pyramids of whipped cream. 



Next come the Lower and Upper Wing-dams ; salmon pools of 

 great interest to the fisherman, for in reality they are artificial 



